दिवा पश्यति नोलूकः काको नक्तं न पश्यति ।
अपूर्वः कोऽपि कामान्धः दिवा नक्तं न पश्यति ॥
divā paśyati nolūkaḥ kāko naktaṁ na paśyati |
apūrvaḥ ko’pi kāmāndhaḥ divā naktaṁ na paśyati ||
(Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāṇḍāgāra)
“An owl cannot see during the day, and a crow cannot see during the night, but indeed how peculiar is it that one who is blinded by kāma cannot see during the day or the night.”